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Originally Posted by Fred Preston
Bruce, That has to be #241601; if so, you have done right by it.
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It is. You know I learned a lesson with this gun. I had only my old beat up P 16 and had been looking for a DHE with skeleton butt. This came available from Herschel Chadick for little more than a D, I called, he had just got the gun and said that he wanted to turn it in a hurry, I checked on the gun a bit and bought it. The gun was in better condition than advertised, all original, and within a year D grades were sellling at what I paid for this. This was about 10 years ago, the gun has more than doubled in value based upon current similar sales and Herschel did right by me. I use the gun a lot at clays and game, its a great shooting, lightweight 12. I've shot Purdeys and H & H's and apart from this being a boxlock, I feel that this gun is the equal of those in engraving, visible workmanship and liveliness. I've seen other Parkers just as nice and think American craftsmanship and design of the time was first rate. I know some people prefer earlier Parkers, I have some, and I look at each on an individual basis. I have seen some Remington Parkers that I thought were wonderful guns. This one here started me looking at C's and higher grade guns, where I had not considered it before and thought that if only I could find a nice D that would be all I wanted.
I should mention that 241,601 is the last C and one of the last high grades documented in the records. There are others later but lacking documentation and some collectors want documentation.